The goal of our small groups is to help students to engage the teach in a smaller environment where they belong and are safe to discover who they are in Christ and in the big picture of life. One of our highest priorities is the role of small groups in the development and journey of students. We are a very large ministry and because of this it would be easy to become a place where students find it difficult to connect and create impacting and valuable relationships. As a result we have created smaller churches within the larger church of Rush Hour. These groups are a place where students feel safe and connected and they are an integral point of connection in the larger Rush Hour Community.
It is about doing life together. Every one of us is wired with a desire to be connected to other people in meaningful life groups, where you can be who you are, and become who you were created to be. We all need to do life with someone, and these small groups help to create and foster these relationships in a healthy and safe environment. We see small groups as a place to interact with the teach in a timely manner. Students are able to reinforce what they have just heard, be led in a guided discussion, and engage what they have heard and make practical life applications and choices in a group that can provide encouragement, accountability, and support. Also, small groups are designed as a place where there is much more intimacy than in the larger body of students at Rush Hour. These groups are a place to be known and belong, so that students can begin to engage the word and person of God and begin to believe and become who they were created to be!